US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[Trurl]

=They're almost always said together tho

not really... anti-secession guys always say stuff like "we settled this in the civil war" but secession is fine, it's the slavery that's wrong

Living in Ohio I'm concerned about bluestate secession.  Imagine living in what's left of America after the west coast and NY leave.

[shosta]

IT'S GONNA HAPPEN

[Stro]

The Mid West death zone politically and culturally would be a fucking nightmare, but it would probably be okay otherwise as most of the production of pretty much everything goes on in the Mid West.


Obviously education would be cut entirely, all LGBT protections would be repealed, life as a person of color in America would get even worse, but everyone would have food.

[shosta]

The Midwest won't be allowed to govern itself because it's the breadbasket.

[Stro]

Is the Mid West allowed to govern itself now?

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[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1271651099817230336

cucked

[Joe Molotov]

I guess the racial harmony speech he had planned will have to wait for another day.

[Mandark]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ljkbennett/status/1271039225211883520

Judging all of you who fell for this.

[Great Rumbler]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ljkbennett/status/1271039225211883520

Judging all of you who fell for this.

I knew it was fake, but it give me a sensible chuckle, so...

[shosta]

https://twitter.com/getfiscal/status/1271655442134024194

the king

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[Mandark]

Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration

[Stro]

Hateful for the sake of being hateful smh

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1271793665493663744

[shosta]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/13/qanon-congress-316289

weird ass society

[Mandark]

Gonna be a great study in compartmentalized thinking when Greene's in Congress.

She's going to spend her time off reading about how the Dems are about to be rounded up and put on trial for harvesting adrenochrome from kids, then go to work and haggle with them over funding levels for agriculture subsidies.

[shosta]

as if they would ever invite her into those discussions

[Mandark]

as if they would ever invite her into those discussions

look forward to me quoting this post in 2021

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1271814819507834881

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1271823762061656072

 

[Pissy F Benny]

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1271820635040362497

[Nintex]

Trump has been handling his food and drinks weird since forever. The ramp thing was something else though

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1272000237809414149

We won't know if he really has a problem until next Friday though. It'll be hard for Trump to 'hide' his ailments at a rally.
If he won't swing his arms and point at people there he might not be on the ballot in November.

Biden does seem in better physical health than Mr. High Energy though.
Maybe Trump has trouble sourcing his cocaine with the fence and protesters around the White House 

[Stro]

Did he stumble on a ramp and claim he was running for momentum

[Pissy F Benny]

I bet trump wouldn’t even do something rad like chase mike pence around with his soiled jocks if he shit himself

[Trurl]

He's obese and old, of course he has trouble with inclines.

He's probably not going to say that as a defense,though.

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1269394134961455106

[Stro]

Lmao I saw that clip, is he really that fucking insecure that he can't just accept he's almost 80 and fat and therefore doesn't take well to stairs and inclines/declines?

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/KMcKinnonKUSI/status/1271908550915133440

https://twitter.com/InstaKnot/status/1272195215877713922

 

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1271793665493663744

The corona caravan 

This reminds me though. Multiple states seeing virus case spikes, while the government has been AFK for the last month after essentially declaring victory. The entire point of social distancing/quarantine was to take stress off our healthcare capabilities and prepare for future flare ups. Instead states have been left to fend for themselves. Military-built tent hospitals were dismantled. Supply requests were ignored. Stay safe fellas...

[Nintex]

Who could've predicted the Trump Organization and Kushner LLC would not be very good at handling a pandemic 

[team filler]

that lil zionist stole all the n95 masks and sent them to israel 

[Nintex]

that lil zionist stole all the n95 masks and sent sold them to israel 

[Boredfrom]

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1271793665493663744

While he is wrong about “disease caravans”  , Mexico has not handled the Corona virus well.

Then again AMLO has just followed the same steps as Trump and Bolsonaro have done regarding minimizing the impact of it.

[Stro]

Yeah the tearing down of all the field/temp hospitals is insane and the height of hubris

[curly]

Joe Biden’s search for a running mate has advanced to the next phase as his campaign conducts more extensive reviews of some prospects, including at least several African American women, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

Among the candidates who have progressed to the point of more comprehensive vetting or have the potential to do so are Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), former national security adviser Susan E. Rice and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, all of whom are black. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who is white, is also in that group, as is New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is Latina.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-running-mate-search-zeroes-in-on-group-that-includes-at-least-four-black-women/2020/06/13/d7278434-aceb-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html

how mad is stacey abrams right now

[shosta]

Sometimes you post like an unmedicated schizophrenic person

[Phoenix Dark]

You're telling me you're fine with the Dementia Patient that everyone is openly begging to stay "smart" and hidden from the press (in the midst of racial protests and calls to action mid-pandemic) having his team of "handlers" going around to various Black, female (not even necessarily Democratic) politicians because of a pressured comment on the debate floor is not Patrick Bateman levels of like cold, disgusting ooze dripping down your back?

Some I've followed on Twitter have expressed similar sentiments.

Sure they have, bot comrade

[shosta]

All I'm saying is that putting a black person in the administration is mostly Good™ and you make some really paranoid statements about our well meaning but bumbling political class

[Tripon]

At this point, Biden is barely holding it together, and I'm sure if you force him to speak for 2 hours on anything, (debate, speech, dinner conservation), his thoughts will be incoherent and showing that he's in early onset dementia.

And I'm closer than ever to voting for him because Trump really fucked up this year. Mind you, I'm in Socal, so my vote doesn't matter anyway.

[shosta]

He spoke for two hours at the last debate

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1272290065688002560

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1272297580823810048
Look at all that momentum

You haven't seen sleepy Joe *check notes* walk up and down a flight of stairs recently have you?

[Tripon]

Yeah, and he barely held it together then.

[Mandark]

A candidate looking to balance their ticket with a VP pick and taking demographics into account?

Truly an unprecedented example of psychopathy in our politics.

[curly]

You're telling me you're fine with the Dementia Patient that everyone is openly begging to stay "smart" and hidden from the press (in the midst of racial protests and calls to action mid-pandemic) having his team of "handlers" going around to various Black, female (not even necessarily Democratic) politicians because of a pressured comment on the debate floor is not Patrick Bateman levels of like cold, disgusting ooze dripping down your back?

Some I've followed on Twitter have expressed similar sentiments. 

You think there's ever been a vp pick where the racial/sexual/ethnic/gender characteristics of the candidate didn't play a role

[Mandark]

Biden himself got picked largely for his white guyness! He's just paying that shit forward.

[Tripon]

You're telling me you're fine with the Dementia Patient that everyone is openly begging to stay "smart" and hidden from the press (in the midst of racial protests and calls to action mid-pandemic) having his team of "handlers" going around to various Black, female (not even necessarily Democratic) politicians because of a pressured comment on the debate floor is not Patrick Bateman levels of like cold, disgusting ooze dripping down your back?

Some I've followed on Twitter have expressed similar sentiments. 

You think there's ever been a vp pick where the racial/sexual/ethnic/gender characteristics of the candidate didn't play a role

Bush picked Dick Cheney because he was a secret Traveller. 

[Mandark]

the act of cynically picking them out to balance out an electability spreadsheet is fucking gonzo

If this honestly upsets you, you should probably find another hobby.

[Stro]

It's a little weird how Biden/DNC is handling, imo. The way all the discussion goes is "of course I'm picking a woman, a woman of color, I have to and I will" and then Biden going on TV and saying shit like "I have numerous black women under consideration, more than one, I promise" but won't give any names of women he's considering while they all go on TV and say they'd love the spot. But it turns out he's also vetting white ladies but won't talk about that on TV.

They're wide open about it in the same way that Trump's PR stunts are blatant and hollow where the meaning is literally just LOOK AT ME DOING PR WORK.

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1272317996351045641

[shosta]

You think there's ever been a vp pick where the racial/sexual/ethnic/gender characteristics of the candidate didn't play a role

Uhh every VP pick before Geraldine Ferraro

[Mandark]

not even committed to a Dem VP

oh?

[shosta]

you guys run with the stupidest fucking comment without wanting to engage.

[Mandark]

Maybe I'm crazy

worth pondering

[Mandark]

I'd bet a few bucks on his VP nom being a Democrat.

[Tripon]

I'd bet a few bucks on his VP nom being a Democrat.

Where is Vermin Supreme where you need him?!

[shosta]

How the fuck is it a stupid comment when it's literally one fucking sentence with a qualifying clause cut out.

I don't even know which comment you're talking about because I'm buzzed and I'm not reading your posts. I'm just going off of your self-appraisal

[Mandark]

How the fuck is it a stupid comment when it's literally one fucking sentence

a stupid comment can be any length, really

[jakefromstatefarm]

You think there's ever been a vp pick where the racial/sexual/ethnic/gender characteristics of the candidate didn't play a role

Uhh every VP pick before Geraldine Ferraro

well, tbf, racial/sexual/ethnic/gender characteristics probably did apply to those choices too

[Mandark]

I assumed shosta's comment was sarcasm cause otherwise he's backsliding into jorp fandom.

[Phoenix Dark]

Why is it that you understand the politics/game theory of gender/race when it comes to selecting a VP, yet don't understand what Biden was doing when he was winking and nodding about a republican VP? It wasn't obvious that he was signalling to independents and moderates who dislike Trump? And now that the dust of the primaries has settled, and Trump's numbers among independents+moderates have tanked, Biden doesn't have a single republican on his VP short list. I'm gonna say Biden knows what he's doing here.

I don't even think VPs matter that much in the grand scheme of things, unless you fuck up (Palin). That being said, I expect that Biden will likely select a black woman VP and it'll have some impact on the race. Biden is running so well with white voters (and elderly voters) that he won't need 2008/2012 style black turnout. But given that race has emerged as a major issue in the upcoming election, having a black person on the ticket could be valuable for the old white guy in his 70s.